Hey Platt!
Platt:
I think the MOQ says that perception is first focused on value and value
is reality. There's no escape. You value your perception that "perception
is reality." You say you value the MOQ but consider simplicity (not
"wanting to complicate the issues") to be a higher value. Values always
seem to enter the picture. In fact, Pirsig goes so far as to say we don't
perceive what we don't value.
I agree that perception (not necessarily human) is a requisite of reality,
as quantum physics has verified. But perception is always "of"
something, even when the something is the nothing of Zen meditation.
What is perceived first in all cases is quality, like the example of the
perceived low quality of sitting on a hot stove Pirsig describes in LILA.
I suppose one can say without going too far astray from the MOQ not
only that "reality is liking" but also "reality is value judgments" or more
simply, "choices." The more choices, the greater the freedom, the
higher the quality. But I ramble.
Platt
Response:
I think I really like the way you put things. I am definitely a neo-phyte
to this. I have been familiar with ZMM for years and in fact it changed my
life the first time I was exposed to it. But the weird dichotomy is: Some
thoughts seem like brand new revelations while the next one seems like a
basic truth that I have always known.
The main barrier to communication is the discrete nature of language that
pits one word versus another. Somtimes the very tool we use, language, to
communicate thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc. is the stumbling block that
trips us up. Becuase I can express my self freely for pages on end, and it
will mean exactly what I meant to say, due to the a priori,. But as soon as
someone else shares their interpretation, you find the flaws in the
verbage, or I do anyway.
Have an excellent weekend!
Bartz
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